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Agam Kuan in Patna
is one of the oldest areas of not only the city but in human
civilization. Almost on the periphery of the modern Patna,
Agam Kuan is situated near Kumhrar on Kumhrar road
at turning towards By Pass. It touches the By Pass road at
Chhoti Pahari. We have included the area of
Chhoti Pahari and Bari Pahari in
Agam Kuan.

Agam Kuan is one
of the oldest and the most important archaeological sites in Patna
situated on eastern side of the city. Agam
Kuan, which means "unfathomable well", is
said to date back to the period of Maurya Emperor, Ashoka. The
site is also connected with several Jain legends, the
most famous of them being that of a Jain monk Sudarshana
who, when thrown into the well by a king named Chand, floated to
the surface and was found seated on a lotus. The well's is still
considered auspicious and a site for many religious ceremonies,
especially Hindu weddings.

Next to the Agam
Kuan lies the Shitala Devi temple, dedicated
to Shitala Devi, which houses the pindas of the Saptamatrikas
(the seven mother goddesses). The temple is widely revered for its
potency in curing smallpox and chicken pox, as with
all Shitala Devi temples, and is also visited by devotees for wish
fulfillment.

The site also has several ancient
and medieval sculptures; out of these at least one as reported by
A. Cunningham, who visited the site, 1879–80, was of
the Yaksha of the
Mauryan art-affiliation, though the whereabouts of this
sculpture are not known now.

Chhoti and
Bari Pahari are the new areas in Agam
Kuan that have caught the development bug now, due to the
broadening of By Pass and increasing connectivity. The area is
emerging as the mix of ancient and modern.